Button or stud.



No. 678,477. Patented .my ls, 190|.

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BUTTON 0R STUD.

(Application led May 4, 1901.)

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DANIEL DARIUS DAVLEY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO PAYTON dt KELLEY CO., OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON OR STUD.

SPECIFICATTON rowing part of Letters raten No. 678,477, dated July 16, 1901. Application ined May 4,1901.v serial no. 58,729. (no model.)

To all whom zit may con/cern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL DARIUs DAw- LEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, inthe county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buttons or Studs; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled 1o in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to buttons or studs of the type known in the trade as ,pipe-stem studs; and one object of the same is to provide a button or stud of this character which shall be composed of a few parts, which may 2o be made and assembled without the use of solder, which will not readilyget out of order, which can be manufactured at a slight cost, which will be reliable and efficient, and which can be easily inserted into au eyelet-hole or 2 5 buttonhole of a stifIiy-starched shirt-bosom.,

Another object of my invention is to provide a stud of the character referred to with a sliding shoe which may be of the desired length to hold the button reliably in place in '3o either a buttonhole or an eyelet-hole of a shirtbosom.

Still another object is to provide a button of the type referred to having few parts and which may be assembled by unskilled laborers, thus reducing the cost of production of such buttons.

I attain the objects andadvautages above referred to by means of the construction shown in the accompanying' drawings, in

4o which- Figure l is a side elevation of a button made in accordance with my invention and showing the sliding shoe in the posit-ion which it assumes when the button has been inserted in an eyelet-hole or a buttonhole. Fig. 2

is a central longitudinal section of the button, the shoe being shown in the position which it occupies when the button is in condition to be inserted in an eyelet-hole or a 5o buttonhole. Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-section taken on the line l l, Fig. l, and showing the friction-spring in place. Fig. 4. is a bottom plan view of the sliding shoe and the tubular portion of the button through which the shoe slides.

Referring to the drawings for a more particular description of my invention, the numeral l designates a button-head, which may `be of metal or pearl ormay be agem orjewel properly set to form an ornamental stud. 6o Properly secured to the back of this head is a tubular post 2, having a portion 3 bent at right angles to the post 2. At the angle of the bend a lip is cut from the tube and bent upward to form a tongue 4, which closes 65 the lower portion of the tubular post 2, as shown in Fig. 2. The under surface of the guideway 3 is attened, as at 4, Fig. 3, and the upper portion of said guideway is round, as shown in said Fig. 3. The sliding shoe 7o 5 is semitubular in cross-section, and the ends of said shoe are rounded off, as at 6, to serve as a bodkin or entering end to assist in forcing the shoe through a stifly-starched eyelet-hole or buttonhole. The sliding shoe 5 is inserted 75 into the guideway 3 and nts said guideway snugly. A spring 7, having its ends bent downward, as shown in Fig. 3, is then inserted into the guideway 3, the upper surface of the spring bearing against the under surface 8o of the sliding shoe. When in this position, the thin sheet metal forming the guideway 3 is bent or pressed upward, as at 8, to hold the spring firmly in place and to create sufficient friction to prevent the sliding shoe 5 from 85 moving too freely within the guideway 3, as will be apparent from Fig. 2 of the drawings. From the foregoing it will be obvious that my invention can be produced at a slight cost, that the few parts comprising the stud can be 9o readily assembled by unskilled laborers, and that such a button would not be liable to get out of order and would be reliable and efficient for its purpose. Among the many advantages arising from the use of a semitubular sliding shoe in a button of this kind may be mentioned the fact that very little metal is used in its construction and that if precious metal is used or if the stud is to be made of plated metal considerable saving in cost of Io'c production is a desideratum of considerable importance. Another advantage arises from the factthat the bottom or under surface of the guideway can be made iat andwiii not be liable to catch in an under garment or be bulky or cumbersome in use.

Without desiring to be limited to the exact construction shown, as am aware that several changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the spiritand scope of my invention, what I claim 1s- 1. A button or stud comprising a head, a post having an angularly-bent portion forming a guideway, a semitubular shoe adapted to slide within the guideway, and a spring seated in the guideway for bearing against the sliding shoe, substantially as described.

2. A button or stud comprising a head, a post, agnidewayhavinga rounded upper snrface and a fiat or plane lower surface, a semitubuiar shoe mounted to slide in the guideway, a spring seated in the gnideway and bearing against the shoe, and indentations in the metal of the guideway for holding the spring in place, substantially as described.

3. In astud orbutton, abutton-head,a post, a tubular guideway extending at right angles from the post, and a semitubular shoe mounted to slide in the guideway, said shoe having its ends rounded and closed, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afflx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL DARIUS DAWLEY. Witnesses:

JAMES HARRIS, SAMUEL J. GREENE. 

